Physics Ph.D. Jubilee – Summer of 2026: Five Physics Graduate Students to Defend Dissertations!

The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that five graduate students are scheduled to present and defend their Ph.D. dissertations during the summer of 2026.

Defense details are available on the Physics Department Colloquium page:

Presently, the schedule is as follows:

Wed. July 8, 2026 — Ph.D. Defense: Can Cai –“Multiscale Quantification of Fibrin Fibers: Standardization, Structure Scaling, and Formation Models” (Mentor: M. Guthold) ZSR Library, Room 204 at 1:30 PM

Thurs. July 9, 2026 — Ph.D. Defense: Eric Chapman –“Modeling Molecular Filters with Density Functional Theory” (Mentor: T. Thonhauser) ZSR Library Auditorium, Room 404 at 1:00 PM

Mon. July 27, 2026 — Ph.D. Defense: Vincent Siggia –“Title forthcoming” (Mentor: E. Carlson) ZSR Library Auditorium, Room 404 at 12:00 PM

Tues. July 28, 2026 — Ph.D. Defense: Owen Gantor –“Title forthcoming” (Mentor: S. Winter) ZSR Library, Room 204 at 1:00 PM

Wed. July 29, 2026 — Ph.D. Defense: D. Cory Lynch –“A Computational Investigation of Solid Electrolyte Materials using First Principles and Machine Learning methodologies” (Mentor: N. Holzwarth) ZSR Library Auditorium, Room 404 at 1:00 PM